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Windows 7: Microsoft adds repair shop to Windows (Beta)

Reminder: It is not advisable to run beta software on a production computer.

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Microsoft is testing a new "Fix it Center"--an online and PC-based tool for helping users solve their Windows technical problems.

While a fair amount of diagnostics are built into Windows 7, the free Fix it Center aims to expand on these and also bring similar capabilities to Windows XP and Windows Vista.

The service, which went into beta on Thursday, consists of both a Windows download and an online service.

"Fix it Center finds and fixes many common PC and device problems automatically," Microsoft said on its Web site. "It also helps prevent new problems by proactively checking for known issues and installing updates. Fix it Center helps to consolidate the many steps of diagnosing and repairing a problem into an automated tool that does the work for you."

Just downloaded it and installing it now. It'll be interesting to see how well it works. If it's anywhere as good at what it does as MSE is with virus detection, then MS will have another winner on it's hands.

I installed it on Windows Vista & Windows 7. The software selected different modules for the two computers, most likely because Windows 7 already has a good built-in troubleshooting program.

On Windows Vista, I decided to run the Speed and Performance troubleshooter. All power options passed (green check) but there was a suggestion to improve performance by removing programs from startup. One of the items listed is my antivirus software. Feedback provided.

Yeah, I've tried to run a couple of them so far, and I get a window that pops up that says "Downloading troubleshooter" and then just stays there for an hour. The only ones I've gotten to work so far are the Aero and Network ones.

Had to tell what it does from the website. In fact that's one of the sparsest MS websites I've ever seen even for a beta.

But given the insane number of esoteric ways that third party software breaks things (Especially AV software), as well as all the hardware issues, bad ram, mistimed ram, incompatible ram, overheating here, there, everywhere, underpowered PSUs etc. I'm a bit skeptical that this think can really solve much.

As an example, my step father was complaining to me last weekend that when he prints on his printer it prints out three blank pages then the page he wants. I haven't been over to look at it yet but... what could that be? Anything. How could this program fix it? 99% of the time I bet it can't, at least not with the variance of the types of problems we get on this forum.

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